Robert Higden

Acting · Production

Born April 13, 1958, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Robert Higden is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of the absent-minded vice-principal, Mr. Noseworthy, on the popular YTV series Radio Active. He has appeared in over 30 feature films including: The Reagans opposite Judy Davis, Battlefield Earth opposite John Travolta, Gleason opposite Brad Garrett, The Human Stain opposite Gary Sinise, and Taking Lives, opposite Angelina Jolie. As a founding member of Montreal’s On the Spot, Robert has been performing improv for well over a decade. He was even chosen to compete on the Montreal team in the Just For Laughs Improv Tournament for several years running. As a director, he has received a Gemini nomination for his work on the CBC series Edible Incredible, as well as a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for his work on Radio Active. (He often stage directed episodes he wasn’t in.) As for writing, much of Robert’s work has been for sketch comedy shows and for his own stand up routines, but he has also written for TV, and has 4 feature length screenplays under his belt, which he is currently shopping around. And of course, he continues to make his own films which have won him best short in the Actra shorts festival two years in a row, and best film in ASM’s 48 Hour Film Festival, 3 out of the 6 times he has entered.

Filmography

• 2023EVERGREEN$ — Baby boomer
• 2021French Exit — Mr. Baker
• 2020My Salinger Year — Bookkeeper
• 2019It Must Be Heaven — Policeman #2
• 2017mother! — Drunkard
• 20162149: The Aftermath — Executive Producer, Screenplay
• 2014Monsieur Pug — Monsieur Pug (voice)
• 2013The Legend of Sarila — Arlok (voice)
• 2012On the Road — Sam Pharmacy
• 2012Upside Down — Amnesiac
• 2011The High Cost of Living — Urban Husband
• Blue Mountain State — Rogers
• 2010Lick
• 2009Dead Like Me: Life After Death — Veterinarian
• 2008Swamp Devil — Jones
• 2008WarGames: The Dead Code — Mr. Baron
• 2007Black Swarm — Father Francis
• 2007The Secret — Waiter
• 2006Fatal Trust — Skip
• 2005Slow Burn — Forensics Tech #1
• 2004Bad Apple — Tuckman's Guard
• 2003Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain — Sawney Bean
• 2003Student Seduction — Mr. Fiske
• 2003The Human Stain — Jeff Silk
• 2002Gleason — Arnie
• 2002Jack & Ella — Ted
• 2002Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
• 2002Savage Messiah — Grocery Store Owner / Clerk
• 2001Dead Awake — Polygraph Technician
• 2000Wilder — NRC Official
• 1999The Long Winter — Foule (tribunal)
• More Tales of the City — Valued Costumer
• Radio Active — Mr. Noseworthy
• 1997Hysteria — Man at piano bar
• 1997Shadow of the Bear — Joe
• 1997Strip Search — Customer
• The Hunger — Motel Manager
• 1995Vanished — Unemployed Man (uncredited)
• 1994Love & Human Remains — The Editor
• 1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle — Writer #3
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Master Raymond
• 1992Salt on Our Skin — Souvenir Salesman
• 1992The First Circle — Kagan